POPLARVILLE –
Holly Craft (Raleigh) shined in the circle and at the plate here Wednesday at Wildcat Stadium.
Craft homered, had five RBIs and also posted the pitching win as No. 3 Jones College defeated No. 12 Pearl River 10-4 in game two. The Wildcats won the opener, 1-0.
Jones, 15-6 overall and 3-1 in the MACCC, hosts Mississippi Delta at 3 p.m. Thursday at Community Bank Park/Gwen Magee Field. PRCC, 12-9 overall and 2-2 in the conference, goes to Coastal Alabama-North on Sunday.
Pearl River 1, Jones 0
Brinson Anne Rogers tossed a no-hitter to pace Pearl River
Rogers had 14 strikeouts and walked six as she upped her record to 7-2.
The game's only run came in the bottom of the fifth inning when Payton Lee hit a home run for the Wildcats.
Jones had an opportunity to score in the first when they loaded the bases on a pair of walks and a hit batsman. But Rogers was able to get two strikeouts to get out of the jam.
The Bobcats had two on with one out in the seventh when they lined into a double play to end the game.
Nia Luckett (Philadelphia) took the hard luck for Jones. She pitched 6.0 innings, allowed one run, five hits, walked one and struck out eight. She is now 4-3 on the year.
Dailyn Nance added two singles for PRCC, Julianah Overstreet doubled and Taelor York singled.
Jones 10, Pearl River 4
The Bobcats led 2-1 after one inning, but added some breathing room in the third when Craft belted a three-run home run.
Jones led 5-3 after three, 7-3 after five and 8-4 after six.
Craft homered, singled and drove in five runs. Luckett singled twice with
Skylar McLellan (Brandon),
Sarah Ballard (Purvis),
Lindsay Henson (Lawrenceburg, Indiana) and
Tia'Rain Saunders (Choctaw Central) adding singles.
Craft went 6.2 innings, allowed four runs, seven hits, walked four and struck out eight to up her record to 6-1. Luckett came on to get a strikeout for the game's final out.
Hannah Embry went the distance and was tagged with the loss, falling to 4-6. She went 7.0 innings, allowed 10 runs (eight earned), eight hits, walked four and struck out six.
Hannah Miller singled twice for PRCC with Nance, Aunie Rethmeyer and Makiya Hunter getting doubles. York, Overstreet and Cassidy Cartwright adding singles.
